NovelOnlineChapter 0131
| am forced to sit in the hospital room with Eden and Bailey when all | want to do is be alone. | had planned to
call in to see how Eden was doing and if there had been any update as to when they planned to induce her labor,
and thought | might try to cheer her up with a little fruit hamper made by one of my mother’s friends. Needless
to say, with the delightful mood Eden was in at present, that had gone down the sway a gift of an atomic
bomb would have done. But, still, Caleb would have stasty snacks when he had to sit and listen to her
complaining when he was spending twith her.
I am usually happy to sit and spend a little twith her, chatting, giving Caleb a little chance to go hand
take a shower, visit Matty or do swork. | know he hated Eden being on her own and, other than returning
hto sleep, he ensured that she had someone with her all the tat the hospital, so she wasn’t lonely. In
truth, Eden would likely appreciate the peace...
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But, the moment Caleb walked back into the hospital room with Bailey in tow, | wanted to escape. All my
thoughts have been of that bloody girl of late. Messed up thoughts too. Worried sick about her. Trying to uncover
who that had been at the end of the phone the other night... | mean, | had my suspicions, but they had been
exactly that, suspicions, and without Bailey willing to talk to me, | couldn't confirm them.
But, it had truly got inside my head the way he had been with her. The way it had affected her. Hurt her. Nobody
should be talking to her like that. | couldn't understand why he had felt he was okay to speak to her like that...
and what botheredgreatly was what sort of threat he posed to Bailey now she was in our pack...
And then cthe even more punishing questions that | struggled even harder to answer, as to why my wolf
had reacted the way he had to her. Why he had felt such an urge to protect her. Yet, | couldn't lie, | had felt the
surge. And a pain when she had pushedaway. A sense of
betrayal to Isla when everyone kept trying to imply there were feelings there. | don’t know her well enough for
there to be feelings there. | know that much.
But, something | do know, for the sake of my own sanity, and likely that of my wolf too, it would be better for the
two of us to stay apart. She had been through enough, it seemed, and she did not need any additional
complications of rumors being started by the likes of things being implied by others. Nor did she need me
upsetting her with my temper...
So, | sat in almost silence while Bailey chatted enthusiastically with Eden. Her face lit up as she smiled at her.
Her eyes almost sparkled, as her delicate features changed as she smiled. | couldn't help but notice how well the
two of them got along. Maybe that was one of the reasons Eden had clung to the idea of Bailey coming to our
pack. She saw a potential friend in her. She had lost her friend, Kasia, late last year during childbirth, and she
had struggled every day with it since. She didn’t have many other female friends. And, | knew that she was often
lonely, that was why she clung so desperately to Caleb.
Maybe when she realized she got along so well with Bailey, she thought there was a potential for a new friend.
Someone to connect with. A friendship. Something she had been missing. Because, in that regard, it would likely
do Eden good. | raised my gaze momentarily at the sound of the two of them laughing. “Well, | bought
chocolate.” Bailey said, wiggling her eyebrows toward Eden, with a big smile, offering her a bag. “And
magazines.”
“See, this girl knows what gifts are. Not fruit.” She winked at Bailey, before sticking her tongue out at me.
I rolled my eyes at her. “Once again, you are welcome, Eden.”
“Did | ever tell you about this guy | once knew, Bailey? He was so happy, cheerful, and a delight to know.” Eden
began, with a sideways glance toward me. | had a feeling this was coming right back at me.
Bailey looked at Eden with curiosity, and shook her head.
“Always the joker of the group. Fun to be around, and always smiling. Kind, caring, and the sweetest guy you
could ever meet.” Eden said with a smile. “Wouldn't believe he turned into this old grumpy bastard would you?”
she motioned her head toward me, with a grin.
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